Diana P.

Experience

• Architect Project Lead Tochka Design · Full-time Apr 2026 – Present 7 mos Moscow, Russia Promoted eight months after joining. I lead two projects for two different developers in parallel, with six architects on one and two on the other, and oversee the work of four engineers on the building services sections of both.
  
  
  
  - Joined at the earliest stage and built the team from scratch: worked out how many people each part of the work needed, how long it would take and who would do what
  
  - Since then, not a single documentation set from our side has been issued late
  
  - Hotel complex of four buildings: guest room interiors, about 1,500 m² in six room types, including accessible rooms
  
  - White-box apartments: 186 units in 16 documentation albums, with regular reporting to the client on who is doing what and where each album stands
  
  - When one of the projects was close to failing because the client stopped responding and missed their own deadlines, I got the client back into the process, rebuilt the schedule and set up a steady workflow. The project is back on track and on time
  
  - Handle client remarks directly: when a remark contradicts building codes or standards, I discuss it with the client and defend the compliant solution, so the documentation doesn't take on changes that break the rules
  
  - Coordinate the architecture with HVAC, plumbing, electrical and low-voltage engineers
• Interior Designer Independent Practice · Self-employed Nov 2023 – Present 3 yrs Russia Independent interior design practice in Novosibirsk, alongside my studio work. Around ten projects so far, from 40 m² studios to a 300 m² clothing store, most of them built. Almost all clients have come through recommendations.
  
  
  
  - Run every project on my own, with no assistants: I work with the client, suppliers, contractors and builders and organise the whole process from the first meeting to the finished space
  
  - Full cycle on most projects: concept, visualisation, material selection and working documentation, with site supervision on the larger ones
  
  - Kept projects within the client's budget, finding solutions that saved both money and space
  
  - Old-stock apartment, complete redesign: all existing walls taken down and a new layout built from scratch, with site supervision through to completion
  
  - Apartment with curved walls: semicircular partitions designed to make movement through the space easier and more comfortable, built under my supervision
  
  - Clothing store of about 300 m² in Novosibirsk's largest shopping centre, built under my supervision
  
  - Also a residential terrace of about 100 m², private houses and several smaller apartments
• Architect Studio 40 Design Services IFZA · Part-time Dec 2024 – Aug 2026 1 yrs 8 mos Dubai - United Arab Emirates Working documentation for the common areas of eleven residential complexes in Kazakhstan, for a Dubai-based design studio. All eleven have been built.
  
  
  
  - Took the studio's concept, visualisations and architectural drawings for each complex and turned them into construction-ready working documentation for entrance lobbies, entrances and typical floor common areas
  
  - Each complex was my own part of the work from start to issue, reviewed by one of the studio's three lead architects
  
  - Adapted my work to the studio's internal standards and to Kazakh building codes where the project required it
  
  - Worked fully remotely, part-time, alongside my other projects
• Architect Tochka Design · Full-time Aug 2023 – Apr 2026 2 yrs 8 mos Moscow, Russia Working documentation for the public interiors of two large Moscow projects, both issued on schedule. Promoted to Lead Project Architect after the second one.
  
  
  
  - Shopping mall, retail podium of a mixed-use residential complex: about 16,700 m² on five levels, a 64-drawing interior documentation set in four months with a team of six. My part: wall finish plans, ceiling plans and details, MEP terminal coordination and socket layouts on every floor, lighting layouts and restroom fit-out
  
  - Administrative and business complex, two high-rise buildings of about 25 floors: about 6,000 m² of public areas, working documentation in three months with a team of six to seven. My part: ceiling plans and details for typical floors, lighting layouts, ceiling plans coordinated with MEP terminals and the restroom redesign package
  
  - Redesigned restrooms on both projects to meet accessibility requirements, including accessible WCs
  
  - Developed complex details that had no standard solution
  
  - Built the Revit template for my part of the documentation. After I moved to another project, the team kept working in it with my settings
  
  - When a design decision conflicted with building codes or ergonomic requirements, I proposed an alternative and backed it with references to the codes and standards